Corn-planter



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(No Modl.)

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Patented'Deo. 26

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. MULHOLEN, OF FOSTORIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,3 54, datedDecember 26, 1893'. Application tiled May 16, 1893. Serial No. 474,396.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. MULHOLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fostoria, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Corn-Planter, of which the followin'gis aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in corn-planters; the objects inView being to produce a cheap and simple construction of corn-planteradapted to deposit predetermined quantities of corn, to open the furrowfor receiving the same, close and pack the furrow, depositing the cornin hills; and to provide means for limiting the depth of penetration ofthe covering-devices, for dropping the corn at predetermined distances,and for operating the slide.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure 1 is` a perspective view of a cornplanter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional View through the hopper, seedslide, and discharge-spout.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the iigures of thedrawings.

I employ in the construction of the planter the usual beam 1,bifurcating the front end of the same for the reception of the upper endof a wheel carrying standard 2, the said standard being provided withperforations 3, any one of which may be brought coincident withtransverse perforations 4 formed in the bifurcations of the beam andthrough which a bolt 5 may be passed for the purpose of verticallyadjusting the said standard. By bolts or otherwise there are attached tothe upper side of the beam the usual handles 6, whose rear ends divergeand are connectedl between said ends by a rung 7. The rung also passesthrough the upper end of an inclined post or standard 8 into which therear end of the beam 1 is let at a point between the ends of said postor standard. It will therefore be seen that the lower end of the post orstandard is below the rear end of the beam. An angle-iron 9 has itsupper end secured to this post and extends laterally and downwardlytherefrom terminating at a point coincident with the lower end of thepost. The angleiron and the post` are provided with transverselyopposite bearing openings 10 and journaled therein is the transverseaxle 11 of the-ground wheel 12, whose periphery is con- /caved, asshown, whereby said wheel is adapted to aid in the formation of thehills and to pack the soil about the seed. The outer face of the wheel12 is provided with an annular series of perforations 13, and into thesame at intervals are inserted removable pins or tappets 14. Mounted atone side of the beam 1 and in longitudinal alignment with the wheel isthe hopper 15and said hopper has its bottom made imperforate and itsopposite ends provided with longitudinally opposite and transverselydisposed slots 16. Mounted for reciprocation in these slots and over theinnperforate bottom is the reciprocating vseedslide 18, which isprovided between its ends with a transversely disposed seed-opening 19.The slide it will be understood is removable and there maybe substitutedfor the one shown others having greater or smaller openings 19 andtherefore adapted to accommodate more or less seed as the case may be.The rear end of the slide is provided with a perforated lug 2O and to itis connected the front end of a rod 21, the same being hook-shaped for.the purpose. The rear end of said rod is loosely connected with theupper end of a trip lever 22, which between its ends is fulcrumed as at23 to the upper end of an inclined arm 24: that extends from theangle-iron before mentioned. The lower end of the trip lever extendsinto the path of the series of tappets, so that as the wheel revolvesthe tappets are successively brought against said lower end of the leverand trip the same, causing a rearward movement or reciprocation upon thepart of the seed slide. Each rearward movement of the slide carries adeposit of seed contained in the seed-opening to and beyond the back endof the hopper and drops the same into the inclined seed-spout 30, whichit will be seen, is supported in rear of the hopper under the rearopening 16 and is suitably braced. The lower end of the seed-spout isprovided with the usual furrow-opening shoe 31. In order to prevent anychoking in the slide the hopper has its rear wall provided with arubloer or other exible cut-off strip 32.

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A rod 33 is loosely connected to the wall of the hopper and between therear end of the same and the trip-lever immediately above its fulcrumedpoint there is interposed a coiled spring 34, whose function is toretract the lever and therefore return the seed-slide after eachrearward reciprocation, whereby a fresh supply of seed falls into theopening to be subsequently delivered.

A standard 35 is pivoted as at 36 between the seed-discharge and thecovering-Wheel, and the lower end of the standard is bifurcated andshaped to produce a pair of covering-blades 37, which followingimmediately after the planting-mechanism and preceding the ground-wheelcover the seed and produce the hill or ridge, which is afterward rolledby the said ground-wheel.

The upper end of the standard has attached thereto a chain 3S, and therear end of said chain is made adjustable over a hook 39 which projectsfrom the front face of the post or standard 8. Through the medium ofthis chain the covering-blades may be adjusted so as to throw more orless soil over the grain, as may be desired, thus covering it to anydepth.

This completes the construction and operation of the machine, and itwill be seen that the same is exceedingly simple, durable, andefficient; that it is positive in its action; that a predeterminedquantity of seed may be delivered and may be observed by the operatorfollowing the machine; and that by reason of the transverse dispositiongiven the seed opening in the slide, the seed is dropped as an entiretyinto the upper end of the seed-discharge and deposited as such in thefurrowr in contradistinction to the Stringing out of the seed, whichwould occur if the seed opening were arranged longitudinally of theslide.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a corn-planter, thecombination with a beam, a standard at the rear end thereof a hopperhaving an impert'orate bottom, a dis charge-spout arranged at the rearside of the hopper and openings formed in the front and rear walls ofsaid hopper, a seed-slide mounted for reciprocation in said opening andhaving a seed-opening adapted to be brought to a point above thedischarge, a bearing frame secured to the standard and provided with abearing laterally opposite one in the standard a ground-wheel in rear ofthe hopper, an axle for the same arranged in the bearings of the frameand standard, a bracket arm extending therefrom a trip-lever arranged atthe side of the ground-wheel, tappets in said ground-wheel for engagingthe lower end of the lever, a rod connected loosely with the upper endof the lever and to the rear end of the slide, and a coiled spring forretracting the arm and seed-slide, substantially as specified.

2. In a corn-planter, the combination with the beam, the rear inclinedpost, the angular frame having a bearing aligning with thatin the post,the ground-wheel having its axle arranged in the bearings and providedwith tappets, the upwardly inclined arm extending from the frame, thetrip-1ever arranged in the path of the tappets and fulcrumed upon theupper end of said arm, of the hopper arranged in advance of the arm atthe side of the beam and having front and rear openings, the seedslidearranged in the slots of the hopper, the rod connecting the upper end ofthe trip-le ver with the seed-slide, and the coiled retracting springbetween the hopper and the lever and connecting the same, substantiallyas specified.

3. In a corn planter, the combination with the beam, and the inclinedpost at the rear end thereof provided with a hook, of the bifurcatedstandard pivoted to one side of the beam, extending above the same, andhaving its lower terminals shaped to form diverging covering-blades,andthe chain connected to the upper end of the standard and adjustablyengaged with the hook of the post, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

C. G. NIssLEY, H. I-I. KEPHART.

